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'You will never doubt your written English again.' London Evening Standard. 'Should be prescribed reading for all undergraduates and postgraduates tool' Prof. Tony Stockwell 'A very useful tool.' Irish Independent 'It solves all those niggles about spelling, possessives, style, that have cause me problems over the years.' Michael Carson, Author of 'Sucking Sherbet Lemons' 'Buy it!...This one is going to have a permanent place on my desk (both at home and work!).' A. Sendall, a reader from England.

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This accessible book provides the right word for the right occasion. But it's more than just a thesaurus. Through learning units and exercises it should help the reader to improve his or her vocabulary permanently.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A good reference for any student of English., 6 Jan 2002

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Angela Burt has divided her book into units instead of chapters, the first two of which explain the difference between a dictionary and a thesaurus. The sections include tests with the answers at the end of the book. The units are classified under People; Occupations; Animals, Birds and Insects etc. and some are little more than lists of words. Others have more explanation and background, Sexist and Non-sexist Language for example, and Eponyms, people whose names have been used for such things as bloomers, decibel and freesia. Confusables gives words that have different spellings and meanings and are often confused - amoral/immoral, childish/childlike, complement/compliment. Many of the examples given in Americanisms and Foreign Words and Phrases in English are in common use, but there are some less familiar. The unit on Word Roots gives instances of Latin and Greek derivations showing how the knowledge of the basic word can guide to the understanding of a strange English word like sesquipedalianism.
Prefixes and Suffixes have useful hints, and Proverbs is no doubt helpful to those whose first language is not English.
A fascinating book, that will entertain, as well as inform, anyone interested in the English language.

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